Shattered: The Iron Druid Chronicles, Book 7

For nearly 2,000 years, only one Druid has walked the Earth - Atticus O’Sullivan, the Iron Druid, whose sharp wit and sharp sword have kept him alive as he’s been pursued by a pantheon of hostile deities. Now he’s got company. Atticus’ apprentice, Granuaile, is at last a full Druid herself. What’s more, Atticus has defrosted an archdruid long ago frozen in time, a father figure (of sorts) who now goes by the modern equivalent of his old Irish name: Owen Kennedy. And Owen has some catching up to do.

I have read all 12 books of the series. Until now. I have rated it really wonderful. But this book is overcrowded with characters. The bouncing back and forth overwhelms the story, and the new characters are unimpressive. Until now the stories has been fun and interesting and Oberon has carried it with his hysterical dialogue. The new hound is as boring as tapioca pudding and the new druid's character isn't much better. The old arch Druid is interesting but again it's overcrowding the story. Overall very disappointing. A real letdown for me from a series that I thoroughly enjoyed.

The Wise Man's Fear: Kingkiller Chronicles, Day 2

"My name is Kvothe. I have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings. I burned down the town of Trebon. I have spent the night with Felurian and left with both my sanity and my life. I was expelled from the University at a younger age than most people are allowed in. I tread paths by moonlight that others fear to speak of during day. I have talked to Gods, loved women, and written songs that make the minstrels weep...."

I feel like I have been robbed of 71 hours of my life. I was disgusted when I finished The Name of the Wind, because while it was a well written fantasy, it failed to be any form of a complete story and therefore required the reader to buy the second book. I guess then, I shouldn't have been surprised to be once again ripped off when I finished A Wise Man's Fear. Nearly 4 years later there is no final book to finally tell the story and I am left waiting. Then just to insulr my intelligence a short story is released about just one of the characters in this long drawn out saga. What a dishonest and obvious commercialized attempt to squeeze a few more dollars out of the exercise. I am now so thoroughly disgusted that even if some time in the distant future the third book of this trilogy is released, I will not buy it. I've lost any curiosity I had about finding out what happened. I will never buy/read another thing written by Mr. Rothfuss.

The Cuckoo's Calling

After losing his leg to a land mine in Afghanistan, Cormoran Strike is barely scraping by as a private investigator. Then John Bristow walks through his door with an amazing story: his sister, the legendary supermodel Lula Landry, famously fell to her death a few months earlier. The police ruled it a suicide, but John refuses to believe that. The case plunges Strike into the world of multimillionaire beauties, rock-star boyfriends, and desperate designers, and it introduces him to every variety of pleasure, enticement, seduction, and delusion known to man.

I didn't really enjoy the books that this author's other personality wrote, but 'Robert Galbrath' is definitely on my list of favorite mystery writers.

I enjoyed the introduction of Strike and development of his character in this first book in the series. The mystery was excellent and I didn't get it until almost when the story told me, which is how it should be.

I've already bought book number two and looking forward to it.

The narration of Robert Glenister is excellent. He handles both male and female characters equally well.

Blank Slate

As a cyber-hacker born into a family of thieves, Clarissa O’Connell thinks she’s seen the worst the criminal underworld has to offer - until her brother is arrested and she’s forced into a pact with the notorious crime boss known only as Solomon to free him. For FBI agent Erik Langston, the world is divided into black and white, wrong and right. So he’s made it his life’s mission to hunt down Solomon. When Clarissa’s cyberattacks begin to topple Solomon’s enemies, Erik is hot on her trail, believing her to be the key to bringing down Solomon and his empire.

The narrator is horrid, making the male sound like some kind of gorrilla, and the story is flat and unrealistic. A person with amnesia doesn't remember how they like coffee or their favorite toothpaste.

The Wolf's Hour

Michael Gallatin is a British spy with a peculiar talent: the ability to transform himself into a wolf. Although his work in North Africa helped the Allies win the continent in the early days of World War II, he quit the service when a German spy shot his lover in her bed. Now, three years later, the army asks him to end his retirement and parachute into occupied Paris. A mysterious German plan called the Iron Fist threatens the D-Day invasion, and the Nazi in charge is the spy who betrayed Michael’s lover. The werewolf goes to France for king and country, hoping for a chance at bloody vengeance.

Walking on Air: A Valance Family Novel, Book 1

Random, Colorado, is just another stop on the road for solitary gunslinger Gabriel Valance. Known for his drinking, gambling, and womanizing, he prefers to remain a stranger to anyone who crosses his path. But when an upstart gunslinger catches Gabe off guard and shoots him down, he regrets his empty, lonely life with his dying breath....

The Seduction of Elliot McBride

USA Today best-selling author and RITA Award winner Jennifer Ashley pens heart-pounding tales that keep listeners spellbound with torrid romance and finely crafted intrigue. Juliana St. John faces the ultimate mortification when she's stood up on her wedding day. But then fate places her face-to-face with her first love, Elliot McBride, and she finds herself falling for her half-mad former paramour.

This is likely the worst example of historical romance I have ever suffered through, and I couldn't suffer it all the way. After 3 different attempts I left it with 5 hours and 11 minutes to go. If there is a story somewhere there, I would think it should have started somewhere in the first 4 hours, not the last 5. Angela Dawe is a good narrator. I hope she was well paid for having to suffer through reading this.

Moon Over Soho: Peter Grant, Book 2

Body and soul. The song. That's what London constable and sorcerer's apprentice Peter Grant first notices when he examines the corpse of Cyrus Wilkins, part-time jazz drummer and full-time accountant, who dropped dead of a heart attack while playing a gig at Soho's 606 Club. The notes of the old jazz standard are rising from the body - a sure sign that something about the man's death was not at all natural but instead supernatural.

The mind that has created this series of stories is almost impossible to imagine. Mr. Aaronovitch uses his well developed skill to spread out a story that contains elements of mystery, humor, fantasy and magic. And he captures the reader in his trap and holds you to the very end.

Add the talent of Kobna Holdbrook-Smith and you have book/movie because the audio is so good it builds mind pictures.

The Prize

In the resplendence of William the Conqueror's London court, the lovely Saxon captive, Nicholaa was forced to choose a husband from the assembled Norman nobles. She chose Royce, a baron warrior whose fierce demeanor could not conceal his chivalrous and tender heart. Resourceful, rebellious and utterly naive, Nicholaa vowed to bend Royce to her will, despite the whirlwind of feelings he aroused in her.

I like Garwood's work. She writes technically correct books that usually are really entertaining. That said, The Prize does not sit high on my list.I found Nicolas to be insecure and demanding to a point of being pathetic. She just wasn't a strong mate for Royce and made him look shabby.I would not recommend this as one of Garwood"s books that need to be in your library. There are plenty of her other books that deserve that position.

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